Monday, September 3, 2007

Today's Video Link

A few years ago, back when Cartoon Network used to run cartoons, they commissioned a batch of short animations under the category of "Cartoons That Never Made It." One was this great one-minute episode of Rupert the Grouper...and for several weeks, I went around with Rupert's theme song resounding in my head. Now, it's your turn...

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Powerful

Electricity just came back on here, a little over twenty-four hours after it went away, which is just about long enough to ruin the bulk of what's in the refrigerator. A weary crew of D.W.P. workers has been outside for about three hours. I kept taking bottles of water out to them and apologizing because the H2O wasn't chilled. "My power is out," I told them...as if they didn't know that better than anyone. One told me he there were so many outages around town that he was on a triple-shift — well into his third consecutive eight-hour stint. Tough way to make a living...especially working thirty feet above the asphalt in a little basket attached to a crane arm.

While waiting for power to be restored, I mused on how much of my life — not just professionally but personally — is entwined with computers and how I have trouble functioning when I don't have access to one. The battery on my laptop lasted only so long and after it went out, I was rather paralyzed. Never mind not being able to write all the scripts and assignments and e-mails I have to write. It was worse than that. A thought would come up and my first instinct would be to go Google the topic for further info and —

Whoops. Can't do that. Can't do a lot of things I need to do. Fortunately, I have my new Blackberry so I was able to do some of the more vital e-mail and to even post a little here, plus I have my whole phonebook on it. About an hour ago, I was sitting here in my office, talking to someone on my Bluetooth-enabled cellphone/PDA interfacing with my Bluetooth headset. I was the picture of high-tech splendor except, of course, that I was sitting in the dark without electricity.

Anyway, it's good to be whole again...though I think I'll keep a flashlight handy and wait a while before I start resetting clocks. Just in case.

• Posted at 10:09 PM · LINK

My Electricity

Still ain't got any.

• Posted at 6:05 PM · LINK

Monday Morn

And we're still powerless here in the otherwise-luxurious newsfromme offices. But then you don't really need electricity when you have scripts due, vital e-mail to answer and it's only (only!) a huindred and two degrees. If only I could watch Jerry...

• Posted at 9:12 AM · LINK